Microsoft Announces Windows Phone 8.1 Update 1

Crisp on the heels of the publication and incomplete arrival of Windows Phone 8.1, Microsoft has a new dose of code for users of its smartphone platform: Update 1.

Similar to Update 1 for Windows 8.1, Update 1 for Windows Phone 8.1 holds a welcome blend ofquality of life and feature upgrades. I haven’t had any hands-on time with the code, so consider this post a preparatory take a gander at what Microsoft has manufactured. We'll have all the more soon.

Chief among the updates is Cortana heading to new markets. Microsoft is bringing Cortana in beta to China and the United Kingdom, and in alpha to Canada, India and Australia